LIBRARY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for LIBRARY?

Need another word that means the same as “library”? Find 5 synonyms and 30 related words for “library” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Library” are: depository library, program library, subroutine library, study, studio

Library as a Noun

Definitions of "Library" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “library” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A building or room containing collections of books, periodicals, and sometimes films and recorded music for use or borrowing by the public or the members of an institution.
• A room where books are kept.
• A room in a private house where books are kept.
• (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use.
• A building that houses a collection of books and other materials.
• A collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing.
• A collection of films, recorded music, etc., organized systematically and kept for research or borrowing.
• A collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use.
• A collection of programs and software packages made generally available, often loaded and stored on disk for immediate use.
• A series of books or recordings issued by a company as a set.
• A collection of books and periodicals held in a library.
• A depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study.

Synonyms of "Library" as a noun (5 Words)

depository library	A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping.
program library	A document stating the aims and principles of a political party.
studio	A studio flat. Its dance studio is spacious enough to cater for aerobics classes.
study	A room used for reading and writing and studying. No schools offer graduate study in interior design.
subroutine library	A room where books are kept.

Usage Examples of "Library" as a noun

• Download any of thousands of programs from our software libraries.
• A university library.
• A library book.
• They had brandy in the library.
• There was a library that Uncle Hilbert used as his study.
• The Institute houses an outstanding library of 35,000 volumes on the fine arts.
• A record library.

Associations of "Library" (30 Words)

archive	Place or store something in an archive. They were allowed to study in the archives.
archives	Collection of records especially about an institution.
archivist	A person who maintains and is in charge of archives.
assistant	A person who helps in particular work. A care assistant.
blackboard	A large board with a smooth dark surface attached to a wall or supported on an easel and used by teachers in schools for writing on with chalk.
bookshop	A shop where books are sold.
bookstore	A shop where books are sold.
classroom	A room in which a class of pupils or students is taught.
college	The teaching staff and students of a college considered collectively. Colleges of further education.
curator	A keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection. The curator of drawings at the National Gallery.
depository	A place where things are stored. Irish libraries became depositories for material from all over the world.
document	Support or accompany with documentation. Can you document your claims.
enrol	Recruit (someone) to perform a service. All entrants will be enrolled on new style courses.
enrollment	The act of enrolling.
file	Smooth with a file. The company had filed for bankruptcy.
genealogist	An expert in genealogy. According to a genealogist she is the queen s 18th cousin.
gymnasium	A room or building equipped for gymnastics, games, and other physical exercise.
historian	A person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it. A military historian.
librarian	A person in charge of or assisting in a library.
museum	A building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest are stored and exhibited. It is difficult to avoid the feeling that the city is now a living museum.
newsstand	A stall where newspapers and other periodicals are sold.
preserve	Fruit preserved by cooking with sugar. Home made preserves.
record	Make a record of set down in permanent form. There is no record of his having graduated.
repository	A place where something, especially a natural resource, is found in significant quantities. A deep repository for nuclear waste.
safekeeping	Preservation in a safe place. She d put her wedding ring in her purse for safekeeping.
school	Send to school educate. If you have schooled your horse properly your riding will look better.
studio	A studio flat. A big budget contract with a major studio.
taxidermy	The art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance.
transcription	(genetics) the organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA; the process whereby a base sequence of messenger RNA is synthesized on a template of complementary DNA. Our usual transcription is given in brackets.
university	The body of faculty and students at a university. I went to university at the Sorbonne.